The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Amleto PalermiDirector
- Amleto PalermiScreenplay
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Aldo VerganoScreenplay
- Sacha DerewitskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- TotòMastro Agostino Miciacio
- Titina De FilippoConcetta Miciacio
- Bella Starace SainatiDonna Provvidenza, farmer's wife
- Silvana JachinoSerafina Miciacio
- Franco CoopDon Raffaele, the barber
- Osvaldo GenazzaniGiorgio Maria Santapola
- Augusto Di GiovanniDon Peppino Esposito
- Mario SilettiTeodoro Cupis
- Tommaso MarcelliniDon Benedetto, the farmer
- Eduardo PassarelliOrazio, the lamp-lighter
- Giacomo AlmiranteThe Judge
- Edmondo StaraceA Clerk